Hawks & Eagles in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 11 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 4 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusScarceRare93–122 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Rough-legged Hawk 46–59 cm
- Northern Goshawk 46–61 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made